Tag Archives: Kevin Hassett

The Hill reports: National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett dismissed the notion that President Trump is worried about empty shelves in supermarkets and households due to the ongoing tariff war and claimed the U.S. is actively engaged in trade negotiations with scores of countries around the world. “No, absolutely not,” Hassett said Wednesday night in an interview on Fox …

The Hill reports: The White House pushed back on the idea that President Trump is considering a 90-day pause on tariffs as “fake news” after it spread on social media and caused the stock market to jump. “Wrong. Fake News,” the White House said on X, sharing a post that Trump is reportedly expecting to do a pause. The social …

“So the fact is, the countries are angry and retaliating — and, by the way, coming to the table,” he said. I got a report from the [U.S. Trade Representative] last night that more than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation, but they’re doing that because they understand that they bear a lot of …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump’s senior advisers downplayed fresh economic turbulence Monday as the administration’s escalating trade war deepened a sell-off on Wall Street and renewed fears about the stability of the U.S. economy. “There are a lot of reasons to be extremely bullish about the economy going forward. But for sure, this quarter, there are some blips …

The Hill reports: President Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday that it is “scary” working at the White House after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19 last week. “It is scary to go to work,” Hassett told CBS’s Face The Nation. “I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would …

The Hill reports: White House chief economic adviser Kevin Hassett said furloughed workers are “better off” because they didn’t have to use vacation days over the holidays due to the government shutdown. Hassett told PBS during an appearance on “NewsHour” that the timing of the shutdown coming during the holidays allowed furloughed workers to avoid having to use vacation days. …

“The history of how errors happen is not something that I can engage in, like from the initial fact to what the president said, I don’t know the whole chain of command. But what is true is that it’s the highest in 10 years, and at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him adding a zero to that, and …